Konstantin Buga (born 17 June 1985 in Atbasar, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic) is a German amateur boxer best known for qualifying for the 2008 Olympics as a middleweight.

Career

Buga came to Germany in 1996 and received a German passport in 2002. He won the German championships at welterweight in 2005 but moved up to middleweight later.

Konstantin Buga

He participated in the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and was one of only two German quarterfinalists that qualified directly for the Olympics.

Konstantin Buga

He upset local hero Shawn Estrada but lost to the surprise runner-up Alfonso Blanco (boxer).

Konstantin Buga

World amateur championships results

Defeated Tobias Webb (Wales) RSCO 3

Defeated Jean-Mickaël Raymond (France) 19-8

Defeated Shawn Estrada (United States) 11-11

Lost to Alfonso Blanco (Venezuela) 9-18

Olympic games results

Lost to Carlos Góngora (Ecuador) 7-14

References

External links

World Championships 2007

Kazakhstani emigrants to Germany

German people of Kazakhstani descent

Middleweight boxers

1985 births

Living people

Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Olympic boxers for Germany

German male boxers